Your Invisible Power
Recently, I came across some information about several "Mental Science" authors from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, one of which was Genevieve Behrend. It seems she had a popular book entitled, Your Invisible Power, in which she explained the core teachings of her mentor, Thomas Troward, whom is cited by many as being the father of modern mental science. Never missing an opportunity to see the idea of Intention being explained by another source, I picked up Genevieve's book and, sure enough, there it was again: the idea that we attract to us the details of our lives through the use of our thoughts.
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I'd be interested in seeing what you've found, in this survey of the literature, regarding whether it's possible to create an intention in any way which isn't a response to the environment, and whether there is a biological (neurological) correlate. I've been reading a philosophical psychiatrist named Jock McLaren (www.futurepsychiatry.com) who has postulated that the mind (which would form intentions) is an independent entity that nonetheless exists in a virtual space created by the computational power the brain/"neurocircuitry".
Posted by: Kevin Brady | August 6, 2006 11:06 PM